Lot 60 Philippe Starck

THE HUDSON CHAIR, BY PHILIPPE STARCK FOR EMECO, A SET OF EIGHT, thermal treated brushed aluminium, each stamped to the seat rail (8) Created in 2000 by Philippe Starck for Ian Schrager's Hudson Hotel in New York, The Hudson Chair was selected by the Chicago Athenaeum as one of the top designs for 2000,winning the prestigious 'Good Design Award'. It is now included in the Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Three times stronger than steel and amazingly light weight, these chairs were Starck's take on the Navy Chair produced by Emeco in 1944, Designed to last, a chair very much of the day, but built for the future.